Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/10/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> Frank Filippone wrote: > >> Ted, in all honesty, does it matter one iota what camera was used to take >> the picture? >> >> Not the question of technical quality, just the kind ( brand name) of the >> camera..... >> >> THAT is what I rebel against.. and other, similar, stupidities..... >> >> True.. the demands of the industry are worthless to me..... > > Alamy's list of recommended cameras are guidelines, they're cameras that > the > agency has found are capable of producing the technical quality they want > in > their stock images. There certainly are other cameras not listed that will > meet the agency's minimum requirements, and there's no exclusion of > high-quality images made with cameras that are not on this 'recommended' > list. > > They also have a list of cameras which they have determined do not meet > their > expectations for image quality. IIRC older low-res dSLR cameras and P&S > cameras dominate this second list. > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > The good list http://www.alamy.com/contributors/stock-photography-rec-camera-list.asp The D200 is on it I'm amazed! The bad list http://www.alamy.com/contributors/stock-photography-unsuitable-camera.asp I cant tell if the 4/3's system has made the cut as I don't recognize the camrea names. Mark William Rabiner